Sunday, September 25, 2005

Succeeding in a Foreign Land

Last season, Erik Felde, a combination wing/defenseman from Anchorage, Alaska. scored 31 points in 60 games with the Cedar Rapids Roughriders of the USHL. In the offseason, he made the decision to go to the BCHL as an import player and play with the Chilliwack Chiefs. So far, the decision seems to have paid off for Felde, who is currently 5th in the BCHL in scoring with 2 goals and 9 assists in 6 games, and is the only defenseman in the top 20 in scoring in the league.

Meanwhile, another import player is leading the USHL in scoring, albeit after only one weekend. Andreas Nodl, of Vienna, Austria had a hat trick in the third period and added an assist in Sioux Falls come from behind win over Lincoln in the first first game of the season. Nodl only scored 16 points all of last season with the Stampede

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